User`s guide

This chapter describes how to perform day-to-day operations on your virtual machines and

Containers.

Note: We assume that you have successfully installed, configured, and deployed your Parallels

Server Bare Metal system. If you have not, refer to the Parallels Server Bare Metal Installation

Guide providing detailed information on these operations.

In This Chapter

Creating a Virtual Machine and Container ...........................................................................26

Performing Initial Configuration........................................................................................... 30

Starting, Stopping, and Querying Status of a Virtual Machine and Container ..................... 34

Listing Virtual Machines and Containers.............................................................................. 35

Storing Extended Information on a Virtual Machine and Container .................................... 36

Copying a Virtual Machine and Containe

r Within the Server .............................................. 37

Suspending a Virtual Machine and Container....................................................................... 38

Running Commands in a Virtual Mach

ine and Container .................................................... 39

Deleting a Virtual Machine and Container ...........................................................................40

Managing Virtual Machine and Container Backups............................................................. 40

Migrating Virtual Machines and Containers......................................................................... 49

Performing Container-Specific Operations........................................................................... 64

Performing Virtual Machine-Specific Operations ................................................................ 70

C HAPTER 3

Operations on Virtual Machines and

Containers